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  Black Dyke Band - History
Black Dyke Band has always been recognised as one of the finest bands in the world and was granted charitable status in 1997.
September 2005 the band were proud to celebrate their 150th anniversary, two of the many highlights are the publication of "150 Golden Years", a book by Dr. Roy Newsome, in word and photograph, describing the history and the progress of Black Dyke Band from 1855 to 2005.
The band logo of the stags head and Latin quotation are taken from the armorial bearings granted in 1857 to John Foster, founder of the band.
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  Black Dyke Band - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Black Dyke Band, formerly the Black Dyke Mills Band, is one of the oldest and best known brass bands.
It was formerly the band of the Black Dyke Mills in Queensbury, West Yorkshire, England, a company owned by John Foster.
In 1969, it released a brass band version of The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" on Apple Records under the name John Foster and Sons Ltd. Black Dyke Mill Band.
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 Brass band - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
While brass instruments had long been used together in various contexts, the first modern brass bands were developed early in the 19th century in Prussia, when all military and government bands were issued the new technology of rotary valve instruments and instructed to use standard tuning.
Brass bands in the British tradition are limited to cornets, flugelhorns, tenor horns, baritones, euphoniums, trombones, tubas (known as basses in brass bands), and percussion; but not trumpets or french horns, since they are orchestral and Concert band instruments.
The USA derivation of a brass band is notably varied from the English standard, in that sousaphones, saxophones, flutes and other instruments are included, and is more suited for outdoor marching or in sports stadiums.
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 4barsrest.com | review | concert | Black Dyke Band
Black Dyke put in some memorable performances on Whit Friday, and it was captured for prosperity at Delph contest on CD, and is available from the shopping area of the 4BR site, along with other marches from the contest.
Black Dyke concluded the first half with an outstanding performance of the tone poem, "Shine as the Light".
Once again, Black Dyke showed why their band sound is legendary with an absorbing rendition that started with some magnificent player by flugel player, John Doyle.
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 Black Dyke Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Black Dyke Band formerly the Black Dyke Mills Band is one of the oldest and known brass bands.
In 1969 it released brass band version of The Beatles ' "Yellow Submarine" on Apple Records under the name John Foster and Sons Ltd. Black Dyke Band.
The entire band is quite talented, with some of the soloists being, quite frankly, amazing (this is coming from a brass player himself).
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 Band
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 Brass band -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A brass band is a musical group consisting mostly of (Click link for more info and facts about brass instrument) brass instruments, often with a (The act of playing a percussion instrument) percussion section.
The brass band used in the (A charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homeless) Salvation Army is very close to that of competing bands, save that there is no 3rd cornet part and some parts (solo horn, 1st trombone) may use more than one player.
Many of the UK's bands originated as works bands or bands sponsored (and long identified with) various industrial concerns and (A mine where coal is dug from the ground) coal mines.
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 Black Dyke Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In 1816 a brass and reed band was founded by Peter Wharton in the Yorkshire village of Queenshead, ­later to become Queensbury.
Two former Principal Cornet with Black Dyke, William Lang and Maurice Murphy achieved tbe position of Principal Trumpet at The London Symphony Orchestra, William retired in l995 and Maurice, said by many people to be the greatest cornet player ever, holds the position currently.
Black Dyke Rand has always been recognized as one of the finest bands in the world and was granted charitable status in 1997.
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 Black Dyke Band - News Room
OBE DL and the Trustees are very proud of the Bands performance; A perfect start to go into 2005 when Black Dyke Band will be celebrating their 150th anniversary.
Black Dyke Band are pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Roberts as their new Soprano Cornet.
This unique event, featuring the massed talents of the Black Dyke and International Staff Bands, is rapidly becoming a collectors item and is a must for all fans of brass band music.
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Joseph Higham, of Manchester, a new set of instuments which have this week been delivered to the band, which in future is to be demoninated Black Dyke Mills Band.
In October 1993 Black Dyke Band made an historic appearance as the first British Brass Band to perform at the Carnegie Hall, New York.
At the National Championship contest in October 2001 Black Dyke Band became National Champions for the seventeenth time since 1947.
www.davidthornton.eu.com /blackdyke.htm   (444 words)

  
 MusicPrint.nl | Online bladmuziek & CD winkel voor Harmonie, Fanfare en Brassband | item |
Those that were fortunate enough to attend the Black Dyke Band 150th Anniversary Concert in June 2005 will no doubt want to revisit the evening's stunning programme highlights here on DVD.
On the evening of 10 June 2005, Black Dyke Band celebrated its 150th Anniversary with a quite outstanding concert at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
Black Dyke was on cracking form and the capacity audience was treated to some splendid playing in a programme that reflected the band’s long heritage, its superb array of soloists and its commitment to exploring new and exciting musical territory.
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 Brass Band CDs
Black Dyke Mills Band - Lion & The Eagle
Black Dyke Mills Band - Reflected in Brass (with Evelyn Glennie)
Black Dyke Mills Band - Walton for Brass - Henry V
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 Black Dyke Mills Band
Dating from 1855 this is probably the World's most famous brass band originally sponsored by John Foster's and Sons of Queensbury, West Yorkshire woollen mills fame.
Conducted and arranged by Arthur Pearce we hear part of their May 1939 recording of Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld.
Dyke won the National in 1959 on "Le Roi D'ys" but everyone remembers their winning performance of
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 Mid Beds District Council - Black Dyke Band At Charity Concert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The world famous Black Dyke Band will be appearing once again at a special charity concert hosted by Mid Beds District Council Chairman, John Street at the Bedford Corn Exchange on 20 March 2005.
The Black Dyke Band has been established for almost 150 years and has always been recognised as one of the finest brass bands in the world.
In February 1999 the band's album recorded with Evelyn Glennie was nominated for a Grammy Award in Los Angeles in the crossover classical section and an Oscar nomination followed in March 1999 for 'That'll Do' from the motion picture Babe 2 in which Black Dyke provided the backing for vocalist Peter Gabriel.
www.midbeds.gov.uk /community/news/2005_march/black_dyke_band_at_charity_concert.asp   (217 words)

  
 Bridgewater Hall Live - 2002
Featuring four superb bands and two great trombonists, this CD serves as a lasting momento of a feast of brass in one of the world's finest concert halls.
Black Dyke, under Nicholas Childs, gets the proceedings underway with the ever-popular Introduction to Act 3 of "Lohengrin" which provides a taster of the quality to come.
The recording is rounded-off by Nicholas Childs and Black Dyke with Leonard Davies' superb arrangement of "March Slav," for many years an integral part of many of CWS Manchester's programmes conducted by Alex Mortimer.
www.yeodoug.com /publications/bridgewater_hall_live/bridgewater.html   (630 words)

  
 Articles - Frozen in Time: Black Dyke Mills Band 1972
Black Dyke Mills Band (John Foster and Son Ltd) won both the British Open and National Championships of Great Britain in 1972 and in doing so, wrote a place for themselves forever in the history books of the brass banding movement.
At the Nationals, which were held on Saturday 14th October 1972, Dyke won the title in a 25-band field.
The picture of the band was taken off the DECCA "Sounds of Brass" record, issued to celebrate their feat.
www.4barsrest.com /articles/2002/art194.asp   (422 words)

  
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White River Brass was formed in the autumn of 2000 as a facility to provide young players and inexperienced brass ensembles the chance of expert tuition from members of the Black Dyke Band as a result of the Musicians Resourcing Network.
The group is made up of players from the Black Dyke Band and as such the group is able to alter its orchestration depending on the nature of the workshop or concert.
Is a music teacher in the Manchester area and plays solo horn with the Black Dyke Band and the Brass Band of Battle Creek
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 ITG 2002 - Ensemble Bios
The Band has made over 80 recordings, with former Prime Minister Edward Heath as guest conductor on one, whilst Paul McCartney and Wings broke new ground with the Band with another.
In October 1993 Black Dyke Band made an historic appearance as the first British Brass Band to perform at the Carnegie Hall, New York.
Murray Greig is principal trumpet of The Orchestra of Opera North, Garteh Small is the co-principal trumpet of the Halle Orchestra, John Blackshaw is the sub-principal trumpet of the BBC Concert Orchestra and Martin Winter is co-principal trumpet of the Bergen Philharmonic
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White River Brass was formed in the autumn of 2000 as a facility to provide young players and inexperienced brass ensembles the chance of expert tuition from members of the Black Dyke Band.
The group is made up of six players of the Black Dyke Band and as such the group is able to alter its orchestration depending on the nature of the workshop or concert.
Arfon Owen: Is in his final year at the Royal Northenr College of Music and has been in the Black Dyke Band on tenor horn for the past four years.
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 Well-known Soloists R
The band was organized as the Providence Brass Band in 1825, and in 1837, changed its name to the American Brass Band.
At fifteen years of age, William played drums with the band and by the time he was twenty-one, he was solo cornet with the group under Henry Round’s baton playing at the Belle Vue September Band Contest in 1882.
His first band composition was in 1868, and in 1872, he organized and conducted his own Willimantic Brass Band for ten years.
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 International Trombone Association :: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
News from Black Dyke Band in the UK The appointment of Gary Reid as second trombone at Black Dyke Band this year in the UK has allowed the previous second trombone player Paul Woodward to take on the position of Co-Principal Trombone.
In this role Woodward will be engaged to do around fifteen of the sixty or so Black Dyke engagements.
Woodward has also been in contact with his colleagues in Salvation Army band circles and offered various music schools and youth bands the services of the Dyke trombone section.
www.ita-web.org /news/news.asp?ID=476   (189 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/blackdykeband
Please also note that this is not the official site of the band - for any queries regarding ticket sales or merchandise, please visit www.fldykeband.co.uk This site is not aimed at making money, but as a place for any fans of the band to share their opinion with like-minded individuals.
As well as returning to Weisbaden in Germany to play at the Rheingau Music Festival the band have had successful concert and master class tours in Denmark, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
Hi, i'm a member of the salvation army territorial youth band and i'd just like to say a big thank you to Dr Nick Childs for popping in and taking a rehersal.
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 World of Brass - The Home of Brass Sound
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Featuring the world famous Black Dyke Band in summer concert with the renowned Halifax Choral Society.
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg arr. Lorriman); Black Dyke Band
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 Leeds Met - In harmony with Black Dyke Band
As featured on BBC Look North, Leeds Met’s newest cultural partner, Black Dyke Band, won the 2005 Band of the Year title following a year in which the band also walked away with the European and British Open Champions titles.
The band also picked up Contest Performance of the Year and, in addition, newly appointed principal cornet player Richard Marshall received an award for Solo CD of the Year for his album entitled Blaze.
The band now looks forward to playing in the European Brass Band Contest at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on 29 April.
www.lmu.ac.uk /blackdykeband   (182 words)

  
 Brass Band podcast from Britain Ireland USA Canada Australia New Zealand Japan Belgium
Numbers played by the band include The Granites by Alan Fernie, Leaving Leithenside by Kenny Spiers arranged by Alan Fernie, Alloway Tales by Robert Burns arranged by Peter Graham and Be a clown by Cole Porter arranged by Alan Fernie.
Numbers played by the band from their 'Song to the Moon' CD include Padstow Lifeboat by Malcolm Arnold, Plenteous Grace by Kenneth Pelmear and cornet Soloist Darren Hendy playing Rusalka's Song to the Moon by Dvorak arranged by Gordon Langford.
Includes an overview of the band by Andrew Seymour who is the assistant director of the band and runs their website.
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 World of Brass - The Home of Brass Sound
Kapitol Brass - Black Dyke Band and The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines
Windows of the World (Graham) Black Dyke Band and Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines.
Gaelforce (Graham) Black Dyke Band and Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines.
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 Douglas Yeo FAQ: Brass Band Excellence
While there is a growing brass band movement in the USA, many players are surprised to learn of this unique ensemble with its instrumentation made up, with the exception of the trombones, entirely of conical bored instruments (cornets, flugelhorn, alto horns, baritones, euphoniums, tubas).
When I recently recorded my solo CD with Black Dyke, it was apparent to me that I was being "fronted" by a group that in terms of passion, dedication, intonation, ensemble and sheer love of music, is unparalleled in my experience.
I have continued to experience this joy of playing with brass bands in recent years as I have performed as a soloist with the Salvation Army New York Staff Band, the Quincy (MA) Temple Corps of the Salvation Army and the New England Brass Band.
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 ITG 2002 Black Dyke Band with Soloists
I will confess that the Friday evening performance of the Black Dyke Band was the highlight of my week at the ITG Conference in Manchester.
In similar fashion to the way Canadian Brass completely entertains their audiences, so does the Black Dyke Band, combining fabulous, virtuosic artistry with sheer exuberance and delight.
In five sections overall, this work eventually featured virtually every member of the band, giving this wonderful organization the chance to really show off the virtuosity of its members.
www.trumpetguild.org /2002conference/fri/408.html   (476 words)

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